This book was written to meet the needs of the market place where some of those unique horse problems occur. This book will help you deal with problems dealing with laws, taxes, and solving them in a straightford way.

Avoiding legal and tax problems are important aspects of every horse business. This book, written by an attorney with input from many horsepersons, trainers, attorneys, equine instructors and CPAs, fully explains what a horse business must do to ensure that their business is not ruled a hobby. He fully explains recordkeeping, tax laws, legal considerations including liability and insurance, contracts and even estate planning. Sample forms for sales, leases, breeding and syndications are included. I can't recommend strongly enough that you obtain a copy of this book if you have or wish to start a horse business. You can't afford to run your business or talk to the IRS without this information.

This little book is way out front in describing the future
of Internet-assisted lessons. We used it in our district with
great results. A must-have book for schools.

Although I had solely purchased this book for a college course, I can honestly say it is one book I will not be reselling. The amount of helpful sites located within the book have saved me countless hours on the Internet. Any educator would benefit from the 70+ pages of websites it offers. For the money, this was a [deal]!

Life Space Crisis Intervention is one of the best kept secrets in the field of working with troubled and troubling children and adolescents. Drs. Long and Wood offer the wisdom of many years of successful teaching and doing. This book provides the framework for the most effective training program available for professionals in social services, education, juvenile justice, and mental health. The book is best used as a supplement to a five-day certification training in Life Space Crisis Intervention. To learn more about this training contact the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute @ 301-733-2751 or email GROWING EDGE Training Associates: gredge@netset.co

Wood and Long describe a time-tested technique for helping troubled and troubling children and youth who are in crisis in their homes, schools, and communities. Life Space Crisis Intervention is a refreshing alternative to traditional techniques and provides effective alternatives to punishment. The authors describe how to use LSCI to use crisis as an opportunity for insight and behavior change. The book is most effective in combination with the five-day training program available through the Institute of Psychoeducational Training in Hagerstown, MD. Information is available through fecser@pepcleve.com

Geoffrey Chaucer was the son of vintner, John Chaucer. He encountered Ovid in the schoolroom which proved to be a great influence on his work. He completed the trivium, grammar school. He served King Edward in a war with France and had to be ransomed. He was a sort of civil servant at a very high level. He was related to one of the wives of John of Gaunt.

His early love poetry has not survived. His choice to write in English was peculiar. French would have been the more reasonable language, it was particularly suited to poetry, it was in use as the language of the English nobility and the English court. French was the language Chaucer used in his education. Chaucer was sent as a member of a trade commission to Italy. He visited Florence. By the spring of 1373 Dante was long since dead. Boccaccio expounded Dante's art. Both Dante and Boccaccio composed some of their works in the vernacular. Literary issues could scarcely have escaped the notice of the English commissioner.

Chaucer left behind a number of unfinished works. He was busy and he was an optimist. THE CANTERBURY TALES itself was cast in broad general terms. It was supposed to consist of 120 tales. Chaucer went on a mission to France in 1377. The mission concerned the marriage of the king's grandson, Richard. Unfortunately the proposed bride died. A further trip of Chaucer's was to Milan. Chaucer would not have known Boccaccio's name, but did know some of his works through unsigned manuscripts. Chaucer's PARLIAMENT OF BIRDS evidences familiarity with some of Boccaccio's works, and it shows an advance over his earlier work, THE HOUSE OF FAME. The great thing that Chaucer got from Boccaccio was the gift of construction.

Chaucer returned from Milan in the autumn of 1378 and resumed his duties as comptroller. Chaucer had 12 years of service in the custom house. Chaucer said in one of his poems that he had 60 books. Books were not ornaments as far as Chaucer was concerned, they were necessities. Chaucer was also a producer of books, the job being difficult since scribes were ill-paid. He ended TROILUS AND CRISEYDE with the hope that no scribe would miswrite or mismeter his book.

Chaucer went on to serve the court in other capacites. He ended as a deputy forester, really a sinecure, permitting him time to write THE CANTERBURY TALES, unfinished. He also received an annuity from the state. THE CANTERBURY TALES gave Chaucer an opportunity to use everything he possessed. He used apologies and disclaimers since the work contained realistic character portraits highly unusual and original in a medieval context. Chaucer died in 1400.

Marchette Chute's book is a joy to read. Her character portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer seems just right.

Marchette Chute has a very gentle, incredibly direct style of writing. Having read her biographies of both Chaucer and Shakespeare, her love of the writing habits of those two classic authors is clear and she has managed to make some of those strengths her own. This biography is enhanced immeasurably by the fact that Ms. Chute knows the not only the history of the period, but the history and craft of story telling. In this volume, she also supplies a great deal of information regarding the sources of Chaucer's own works.

So, yes, I do like her comfortable style, how about the content? Superb. She furnishes as much honest detail as the distance of the period and the shyness of her subject allows. The traits of her historical writing that I value most are her ability to keep speculation to a minimum and her consistency in not confusing possibility with fact.

Since abundant details of Chaucer's personal life have not survived, much of the content of the book concerns other contemporary historic figures; literary, political, and religious conventions of the time; and brief analyses of many of Chaucer's works. She weaves this information skillfully with enough personal facts of Chaucer's life to gather a real sense of the man and his times. I thoroughly enjoyed the book - it left me feeling that I had the honor of briefly meeting the man.

In this second book in the series, Jay Sheridan shares with us many of his experiences working with Toni and Spirit and passes along many great truths, including free will. Through examples he cites in his book, he very clearly shows us the meaning of free will and the consequences of our choices. We are given a better understanding of illness and healing.

Through Toni's example, Sheridan points out that we all have gifts from God that we are to use, develop, and then give back by serving others. Through Spirit we receive guidance and help is always available. We all have the truth, the solutions, the power within, and it is in living the answers that we come to have peace.

A wonderful book with powerful messages. Thank you Jay and Spirit for these priceless words of Wisdom from Spirit.

After reading "Living in Both Worlds: A Healer and Her Journey with Spirit, I couldn't wait to read this next book in the "Living in Both Worlds" series. For me it was wonderful reading how Spirit comes to help us in so many ways here on earth. I love the authors manner of conveying in such an easy way the wisdom that has changed his life so dramatically and how I could relate to so many things he spoke about. I found the healing examples very interesting as well. I love the way the healer, Toni Lynn Wood, related to each situation and this book taught me alot as to why some heal and some do not. Another terrific book for all people.

although all anne's work has moved me to contemplation (and often tears), love poems has been the most gorgeously presented and emotionally draining collection of poetry any author i have before seen published. i challenge all readers to find a more beautiful reflection of inferior self-perception than in 'for my lover, returning to his wife.' anne's poetry is as once angelic and crude, inspiring a kinship between herself and the reader -- the true mark of a gifted writer.

I THOUGHT THAT SHE GOT INTO REALISM AND HEART WITH THIS BOOK AND REALLY WROTE ABOUT IT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SHE LIVED THESE FEELINGS HER SELF I REALLY LOVE HER WRITING AND POETRY SHE MADE ME FEEL THOSE THOUGHTS And feelings i love this writer!!!!!!

Jim has written a fine book that will give any one reading it a sense of what war means to each that answer the call to Duty, it is a call that will last a lifetime! I salute Jim for having given his time again for us to learn about a world we are ignorant of. This book brings up front and center the effects of war on the ones we Love. Thank you Jim.

Jimmie Joe's book of stories and poems is a must read for anyone who has friends or family that have gone to war. A very moving experience as told through the eyes of someone who was there. I feel that reading these stories helps me to better understand PTSD and the nightmares of war. I have not finished but will continue to read some as I can, it's hard to see through the tears. Welcome Home Jimmie!!

A necessity for a resident interested in Peds Ortho. Full of information -- clearly written, easily read and absorbed.

This is the classic orthopaedic pediatric text, with updates to reflect the latest advances. It's very easy to read and would be extremely helpful for a junior or senior resident on an orthopaedic pediatric rotation.

I vacillate between 4 and 5 stars...but it's truly a great book. The technical descriptions of various tools of Flash 5 are quite good. Mr. Woods handled the more complex ActionScripts very well, in ways that I could relate to what he was attempting to do...which was show the incredible versatility of the ActionScripts and explain ways I could utilize the programming. I learned (finally, still with some difficulty) to use the Bezier pen, thanks to Mr. Woods' enthusiastic endorsement, and was able to grasp many of the aspects of Flash that had been somewhat weak for me before. I have read many books on Flash 5 and cartooning, and definitely would recommend this book for a good underpinning of the basics as well as assistance with expert Flash development. Keep up the great work, Mr. Woods.

I am giving this book a five star review because it has some interesting content, and the author gives the material an original spin. The chapters on Flash 3D, XML, and Swift-Generator were very helpful and dare I say, sometimes insightful. In contrast, I wasn't that excited about the chapters on PHP and MySQL, but by the end, they proved interesting. My biggest problem with the book is its overall lack of organization, and personally, many of the chapters would have been helped by more examples. Bottom line - this is not a cover-to-cover read, but if you want interesting content on some of Flash 5's more advanced features, I would pick it up.

A straight forward, easy to understand book that guides the reader, step by step, through the real world obstacles that stand in the way of success and prosperity.

Anyone who reads Making it Big in America, and follows the simple guidelines, cannot help but improve their lot in life dramatically and permanently.

Andrew Wood's excellent book stands alone when compared to other offerings in this field.

Making it Big in America is a book that leads you step by step through the processes of setting and achieving your goals. Mr. Wood uses his life experiences to communicate in an entertaining and insightful way his methods of success. Although there are many other books on this subject available, starting with N. Hill's "Think and Grow Rich", I have not found a book that better communicates the success process in a way that I could understand. Mr. Wood goes through the goal setting process in detail and discusses the importance of motivation, action and persistence in making dreams a reality. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that is in the process of building a better life, from those who are just beginning this process to those who have been involved in the process for many years.